News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE -Brian Adrian Sloan, 33, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation from Newcomb, N.M., was sentenced yesterday in Albuquerque federal court to life imprisonment for his conviction on aggravated child sexual abuse charges, announced U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson and Special Agent in Charge James C. Langenberg of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr with a counter offer to immediately gain access to the redacted portions of Special Counsel Mueller’s report and underlying materials.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: DAYTON - Michael D. Nailen, 54, of Glendale, Ariz. pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiring to distribute large quantities of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: Paving of the main parking lot at Chamizal National Memorial is scheduled to start at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, May 8, 2019. The South San Marcial Street Gate and main parking lot will be closed to all vehicle traffic until further notice.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Lauderdale Countyman has been sentenced to 100 months in federal prison for illegally possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced that VICTOR GONZALEZ was sentenced yesterday in White Plains federal court...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging WILLIAM MOORE, 39, of Waterbury, with drug trafficking and firearm offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Two Boston men have been sentenced in federal court in Boston in connection with their roles in a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking and money laundering ring operating between Massachusetts and California.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: A Toledo man was indicted for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl.
By DOL Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today announced the availability of $10.5 million in Susan Harwood Training Grants for nonprofit organizations including community and faith-based organizations, employer associations, labor unions, joint labor/management associations, Indian tribes, and colleges and universities.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: Four people were indicted in federal court for firearms offenses. Daemonte D. Sims, 27, of Akron, was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Sims possessed a Kel-Tec 9 mm pistol and ammunition on January 6, despite previous convictions for robbery, according to the indictment.
By US DOT Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will host two public scoping meetings in June 2019 for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed LaGuardia Airport Access Improvement Project. The meetings will help interested members of the public learn about the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey’s proposed project, and help define the scope of issues to be addressed in the study.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - With enthusiastic participation nationwide, DEA and its law enforcement partners have now collected nearly 12 million pounds of unused or expired prescription medications over the course of 17 successful DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back events. During the 17th semiannual event on...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Following a nearly two-year international investigation involving U.S. law enforcement and authorities in Germany and the Netherlands, federal prosecutors have charged three German nationals with being the administrators of Wall Street Market (WSM), which was one of the world’s largest...
By Commerce Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and committee members Senator Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., are requesting information from current and former leadership of the National Rifle Association (NRA) and its longtime advertising agency, Ackerman McQueen, to investigate allegations of self-dealing and whether the organization should maintain its 501(c)(4) nonprofit status.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Decatur Hospital Authority, d/b/a Wise Health System in Decatur, Texas will pay $431,182.96 to the United States to resolve allegations of billing false claims to Medicare for genetic testing panels for surgical patients that were not medically reasonable or necessary.
By DOE Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, yesterday chaired an Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to consider two nominees for the Department of the Interior (DOI). The nominees are Daniel Jorjani to be Solicitor and Mark Greenblatt to be Inspector General.
By Homeland Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following a nearly two-year international investigation involving U.S. law enforcement and authorities in Germany and the Netherlands, federal prosecutors have charged three German nationals with being the administrators of Wall Street Market (WSM), which was one of the world’s largest dark web marketplaces that allowed vendors to sell a wide variety of contraband, including an array of illegal narcotics, counterfeit goods and malicious computer hacking software.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH: A resident of Wellsburg, West Virginia, has been sentenced in federal court to three year of probation on his conviction of violating federal laws of interstate transportation of fraudulently obtained property, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: Fort Union National Monument announces its annual Junior Ranger Camp beginning on Thursday, May 30th through Friday, May 31st. These all-day camps will allow area youth to discover the history, culture and nature of 19th century life in the American Southwest.
